Chapter 117

Durant has made it clear that he will not renew his contract with the Trail Blazers next season, as the so-called strong melon is not sweet, rather than having a bad relationship with Durant, it is better to let Durant play the final warm-up in the teamβ€”β€”β€”β€” as much as possible as a bargaining chip to trade more high-quality potential players.

So, after some discussion, the Trail Blazers gave the Bucks an offer.

And Wang Xiao didn't want to refuse this offer directly after seeing it.

The other party actually wants to use Durant to package and trade alphabet brother Antetokounmbo and Victor. Oladipo.

Brother Alphabet is now the ace of the Bucks, and his future growth potential is not inferior to Durant at all, this is not for sale by the Bucks, but Wang Xiao relies on the thigh in the next few years, how can he trade?

But Wang Xiao is not angry, business is the process of bargaining, if you really can't negotiate, it's a big deal to wait until next summer.

So Wang Xiao unhurriedly met a Middleton plus two first-round packs.

The general manager of the Trailblazers almost laughed angrily when he saw this offer.

Wang Xiao: This is obviously a counterattack to the last offer on the Trailblazers' side.

Although Middleton is a starter in the Bucks and has performed well, to put it bluntly, he is just an ordinary player, and the Bucks' two first-round picks are even more worthless, after all, the Bucks are now at the top of the league record!

Trading such leftovers for Durant is a fool's dream!

Later, the Trail Blazers bargained again, this time not mentioning Antetokounmpo, but wanted to get Oladipo and Embiid.

Although Embiid has not made his season debut due to injury and has not made his season debut for two consecutive seasons, his reputation in the league has not been affected much.

As an interior player, Embiid's talent and ability have been praised by the media more than once.

What's even more intriguing is that Wang Xiao actually kept Embiid in the team even though he was reimbursed for two consecutive seasons, without any idea of giving up or trading.

What does Wang Xiao do? After so many years in the league, has there ever been a situation where you have lost your eyes?

The pioneer is the first beneficiary of Wang Xiao's superb vision, and it is naturally not like giving up the opportunity to pick up wool at this time.

Of course, it is impossible for Wang Xiao to agree to this offer.

Although with Durant, Embiid is not a necessary core player for the Bucks, but after all, this is a future All-Star level player, and one of the league's rare all-round high-quality interior players.

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As the saying goes, paper can't hold the fire, when the two sides are arguing over the issue of trading chips.

The news that Durant wants to leave the Trail Blazers has finally been revealed.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a shock in the alliance.

Durant is one of the top three players in the league and a superstar who has led the Trail Blazers to the Finals many times!

When it was learned that the god was leaving, almost every team in the league was thrilled and flocked to use all available resources to inquire about the news and make offers to the Trail Blazers.

When Wang Xiao heard the news, the first thing that came to mind was that the news was definitely spread by the Trail Blazers, who obviously wanted to use this method to put pressure on themselves, and at the same time wanted to see if there were other teams that would give better chips.

But Wang Xiao is not in a hurry, this matter is not something that other teams can meddle in if they want to.

The reason is simple, what Durant wants to join is a team that has the strength to win championships.

If a team pays too much leverage to get Durant, it will naturally lose its competitiveness to win the championship, and for Durant it is jumping from one puddle to another, how can Durant, whose contract expires in the summer, choose to renew his contract?

Moreover, Durant also hopes to play with Wang Xiao, which are advantages that other teams do not have.

Sure enough, when the news was exposed, Durant's agent soon issued a statement, saying that Durant only wants to join a team that can compete for a championship, and his goal is only to win the championship, and if the team that is traded does not have the ability to win the championship, he will not consider the issue of a contract extension in the summer.

After this statement was announced, a large number of teams were immediately dissuaded, but there are still a small number of teams that persevere, including the Clippers, Spurs, Nets, Mavericks and other teams.

But after listening to the offers of these teams, even the Trail Blazers management team was disappointed.

These teams can give more leverage than the Bucks.

The Clippers can only offer a handful of role players plus a couple of first-round picks.

The Spurs offered Bosh plus two first-round picks.

As for the Nets and Mavericks, the offers made were even more disappointing to the Trail Blazers.

The Nets said that in addition to Jeremy Lin, the other players on the team are free to choose from the Trail Blazers, but the only valuable player for the Nets is Brooke. Lopez.

The Mavericks mean a similar thing, but there are basically no players on the team who are worth playing, and it's hard to understand why they think they have what it takes to win the championship.

After repeated comparisons, it was the Bucks who made the most enticing offer.

After a few haggings, the Bucks' offer has turned into Oladipo Middleton, plus a first-round pick for the next two years.

Oladipo and Middleton are both young and talented players, and there is still a lot of potential to be tapped in the future, especially Oladipo, who happened to be an All-Star in the Bucks' team these days, which made his statistics rise, and at this time he already averaged 18.4 points and 4.3 assists per game.

Finally, the Trail Blazers management began to get excited.

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Wang Xiao's side also has his own ideas for giving this offer.

First of all, one thing is certain, if Durant comes to the Bucks, he will inevitably occupy a lot of ball possession and shots, with the current distribution of the ball by the Bucks, Oladipo and Middleton will inevitably be directly impacted, and Middleton may have to go to the bench at that time, and Oladipo's data will shrink again and again.

Whether it's Oladipo or Middleton, they are both growing and rising, and it is impossible to accept being a substitute.

This is completely different from when Wang Yue was on the Wizards, when Harden, George, Leonard and others who were substitutes under Wang Xiao were all rookies who had just entered the league, and it was much easier to let rookies who had never played in the NBA play off the bench than it was to return players who were used to playing starters to the bench.

Middleton and Oladipo are both players who have started for at least two seasons, and both have stable data support, and in another year, both of them will usher in a contract year, and everyone wants to sign a big contract.

Therefore, it is inevitable that these two people will be traded, and the difference may be what the income is in return.